Shell Nitro

[Andy JB]

Now while my Chim 500 runs lovely on Optimax, why the change to newer Shell Nitro - anyone know the mechanics?

I am hoping that this isn't introducing more ethenol by the back door of rebranding to speed up the process of fuel line degredation.

Shell site cunningly evasive of what benefits this provides or how formula has changed.

[Andy JB]

of course thats V Power not Optimax..... whoops

[jonesy]

here is the marketing guff...

http://www.shell.co.uk/gbr/products-services/on-th...

Looks like it's V-Power with more additive...

J.

[450Nick]

I think its a 102RON version of Vpower (instead of 99 I think the old one was). Will make no difference to your car unless you adjust the advance to make use of the additional octane content but would be a good idea to run it if you feel you may have knock issues.

[wadsapple]

Nitro has more anti friction gunk in it and more cleaners so running it will give you less friction piston/bore and cleaner valves.In my opinion it does seam to make a V8 engine rev crisper.It is still 99 as far as shell tell me.Worth the extra, you bet, if it makes you think your car is running faster or more responsive.Since running it, i have had three straigh race wins and Alonso has had one,i rest my case

[ridds]

Same stuff, rebranded and a bit more ethanol checked in I suspect. Best high octane fuel on the market though. Not seen the data sheets on it yet.

My theory is, Shell have just sold their Stanfield refinery to Essar Energy along with all the rights to the fuels and lubes blended there.

Essar are now making their own 99 RON fuel and I think this might be a tweaked Optimax. Shell have now created their "new" fuel to not fall foul of using the old blend.

At a guess...

[TitusA]

From the 'horses mouth'


Thank you for your enquiry.

Both Shell FuelSave Regular Unleaded and Shell V-Power Nitro+ contain up to 5% ethanol as stipulated by the European fuel specification
EN228 and UK government legislation. At Shell, we are passionate about fuel, and our dedicated fuel scientists work continuously in the lab to bring you the most advanced and effective fuels.

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